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ABC Kids Expo 2010
It’s day two of the 2010 ABC Kids Expo. UV Skinz is one of hundreds of vendors displaying baby and kids products. If you are in the Las Vegas area we invite you to stop by, we are at Booth 7531!
UV Skinz will be spreading the word about our mission to “Get Kids Covered” with our top quality uv swim shirts. Attendees will see our swim shirt designs, ask questions and find out how they can help us spread the word about Melanoma prevention. Follow UV Skinz on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook to stay up to date on the latest news from the Las Vegas Convention Center.
The ABC Kids Expo was founded as a partnership between independent specialty store retailers and the manufacturers who support them, as a method in which to promote the long-term sustained growth of the industry as well as to provide valuable opportunities for networking and education.
The main focus of the show is on products from newborn through teen, predominantly in the areas of furniture, bedding, room décor, baby gear, gift and layette, toys and related accessories.
It is held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Source: Kids Today Online
Additional information:
Website: http://www.theabcshow.com
Tru Kid-Healthy Habits
I am really excited to tell you about this amazing all-natural children’s skincare. Tru Kid. All of Tru Kid’s products are made from essential oils and natural ingredients (all ingredients are non-toxic and gluten-free!) in bright, eye-catching packaging with REALLY fun names! Tru Kid is “built on a philosophy to encourage kids to form healthy habits that last a lifetime.” What I love is that they do it in such a fun, encouraging, and very positive way. It is such a great concept. We can all agree that healthy habits, good manners, and responsibility are learned at an early age. To help children learn how to care for themselves and have fun doing it, Tru Kid provides printable songs, rhymes, and Healthy Habits checklists.
It is no wonder that Tru Kid would have such a great product line; from their Bubbly Bubble Wash to the Happy Face and Body Lotion since the creator and CEO is a Mom. Here is her story…
“When she first explored the idea of creating a children’s skincare product line, Jennifer Adams Bunkers was a mother of five with another on the way, and serving as CEO of her international products manufacturing company, Velocity Source Group. As one can imagine, such a busy lifestyle left little time for a complicated regimen when it came to keeping her children’s skin protected and healthy. However, with her children participating in various sports teams under the sun and other outdoor activities, Jennifer realized that using skincare products on her children was absolutely necessary.”
Jennifer’s goal is that kids will grow up taking care of themselves, each other and their environment. Even my three-year-old can use her Healthy Habits Pack and she can’t read the words on the label yet, but Tru Kid has a unique learning system that places easy to recognize pictures and labels on all of their products. If Journey sees a smiley face then she knows it is for her face only, or she knows a head with crazy hair means the product is for her hair, etc.
Jennifer also paired seven Healthy Habits with seven incredible Tru Kid’s products to come up with the Healthy Habits Pack. In each Healthy Habits Pack you get; a Sunny Days Sunscreen, a Happy Face and Body Lotion, a Friendly Face Wash, a mini Hero Stick, a Spiffy Spearmint Lip Balm, and a Bubbly Bath Bar. Now combine these with every child’s seven daily Healthy Habits!
- Eating a good-for-you breakfast (For example: cereal, milk, fruit etc.).
- Washing your hands with warm water and soap, to prevent the spreading of germs!
- Washing your face at night to keep it looking and feeling clean and healthy.
- Putting Sunscreen on everyday, to prevent sunburns and other harmful effect from the sun.
- Brushing your teeth in the morning, after every meal and before bed (when possible).
- And who could forget bathing!! We all need bath time!
What a great resource for parents and an excellent learning tool for children! And guess what?! You could WIN one! Tru Kid is gracious enough to GIVEAWAY one Healthy Habits Pack to ONE lucky winner!
How to ENTER!
(You MUST complete this first entry to qualify for the additional entries)
Entry #1 : Visit the Tru Kid website, browse around their About Us link and leave a comment telling me one reason why you (your child) should use Tru Kid.
Extra Entries – #1 must be done first.
****(Leave a comment for each)****
*Follow UV Skinz on Twitter and post on Twitter about the contest (1 entry).
*Follow Tru Kid on Twitter and post on Twitter about the contest (1 entry)
*Sign-up for the UV Skinz newsletter (5 entries).
- Blog about this contest with a hyper links to this post and Tru Kid’s website (10 entries). Don’t forget to leave the link in your comment.
One winner will be chosen!
*I will be using a random number generator (random.org) to select the winner. The winner will be emailed and also announced on here on Wednesday April 8, 2009.
- Contest ends at 11:59pm on Tuesday April 7,2009. If the prize is not claimed in 48 hours a new winner will be chosen. (Good reason to subscribe in reader–so you don’t miss the chance to claim your prize!)
Wordless Wednesday–Sun Safety is so “Easy”!
Thank you to Mommy-Momo for such an adorable picture of her son, "Easy"!
For more Wordless Wednesday photos go on over to 5min4mom!
To see more adorable pictures of “Easy” wearing his Ethan Navy Blue swim shirt and read Mommy-Momo’s Review go check out her site!
Talking about Skin Cancer
Read this! I received this email update a few days ago;
In case you don’t watch the ABC-TV Show Grey’s Anatomy I found this
episode last week very telling.In July, a magazine reported that the show’s higher ups were considering
killing off popular character Izzy Stevens played by Katherine Heigl
after she withdrew from Emmy contention because she didn’t feel she was
“given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination.”Producer Shonda Rhimes and the writers were reportedly upset with her,
and a source told the press that producers were considering giving her a
brain tumor. It’s their way of screwing with her. She won’t know whether
she’s going to live or die..Instead the show revealed that the character discovers it’s metastatic
melanoma and it’s spread to her brain. The interns working at hospital
then say “The girl’s pretty much toast, Survival rate is five percent,”While this is just a TV Show of course it will immediate heighten
awareness as I am sure many fans had no idea what melanoma was before
the show and just how serious it is.Strange how this is finally getting national attention .
Wow! I didn’t realize that shows could use death as a kind of stab at an actor or actress!! At least one good thing would come of it by raising awareness about sun protection and skin cancer. Skin cancer is 100% preventable and that is something we all should remember. I know I never wore sunscreen as a child. Only when we went swimming because I was told the sun would reflect the worst from the water. Crazy! Right?! So, needless to say every time I smell that sunscreen smell I think of the swimming pool!
Regardless of the reasons behind this decision, it creates a buzz about melanoma. Melanoma and sun protection should be talked about a lot more. Especially to our younger generations. Now that Journey is three she is asserting her own independence by asking me the “why’s?” of everything with hopes of changing my mind or just plain saying “No” she won’t do something I ask of her. (How I miss those baby days when she just complied because she didn’t know any better) So, it caught me by surprise a little bit (well, kind of!) when Journey told me she didn’t want to wear her sunscreen the other day. She flat out said, “No, I don’t want that on me!”
“You have to wear it, it’s not a choice.”
“Whhhy?!
Since I didn’t really know how to explain it to her, I just told her straight and simple.
“Sunscreen protects us from the sun ray’s because they could give us cancer and we could die. So, it is very important we protect ourselves with sunscreen. Even if you are brown–you still wear sunscreen.” (We have already talked on the subject of death–I don’t want you to think that I would say it to her so harshly. I have explained to her that everything lives and dies–it’s the circle of life).
She accepted my answer and allowed me to put her sunscreen on. (Mission accomplished!)
I hope I went about it the right way…So, tell me how you explain sun protection to your kids and family. Do you talk with them about skin cancer? I really would love to hear all of your comments so don’t be shy!
Our giveaway ends today and I will announce the winner tomorrow! If you don’t win this one then come back on Friday for the start of the Ultimate Blog Party hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. We will be giving away a party favor to one winner! It’s a surprise too. So, be back her on Friday to join in on the party fun!
